BROTHER JONATHAN (Predecessor of Uncle Sam): "In spite 'f my noo-trality, John, d'ye notice how 'ffectionate I am?—how I sympathise with yer?"
JOHN BULL: "M—m'yes, that's all right, but I should like it better just now if you'd leave my hands a bit freer to fight those rascals as they deserve!"
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OMG sorry I had to post this, it made me laugh
—From The Bystander, London.
BROTHER JONATHAN (Predecessor of Uncle Sam): "In spite 'f my noo-trality, John, d'ye notice how 'ffectionate I am?—how I sympathise with yer?"
JOHN BULL: "M—m'yes, that's all right, but I should like it better just now if you'd leave my hands a bit freer to fight those rascals as they deserve!"
reposted from here (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15479/15479-h/15479-h.htm)